Okay guys, so this is something that is really getting me down and literally making me feel like I shouldn't even be alive
I have suffered with a sore and bloated stomach for a long period of time, maybe ten years or longer. I am 35. Doctors put it down to poly cystic ovaries without ever checking my stomach, but my gyno checked it, bless her soul and said it is a digestive issue. She tested me for coeliac. My coeliac test came back negative. I have had blood tests for ovarian cancer and they came back negative. In addition, my vitamin and mineral levels are fine allbeit my vitamin D and iron are slightly low. My hbac1 is 55.
Over the past three years or so things have gotten so bad that my stomach can make me look six month pregnant and feels sore and heavy like I am carrying a tonne of apples in it! I can no longer inject in my stomach. At times it can get flatter but other times it is rock hard. I am vegetarian and have now given up dairy which has provided me with only a little relief.
I would like to fall pregnant soon but am at my wit's end as to what I should do about my stomach issues. The hospital offered me a gastro appointment but then rescheduled it, so I have been waiting to be seen for the last six months.
All I want is to lead a normal life, but my stomach is knocking my confidence and causing me to isolate myself from others. I have become less sociable and have to put my life on hold at tikes when the pain is so severe, it prevents me from doing anything enjoyable.
Please help as I am currently
I have suffered with a sore and bloated stomach for a long period of time, maybe ten years or longer. I am 35. Doctors put it down to poly cystic ovaries without ever checking my stomach, but my gyno checked it, bless her soul and said it is a digestive issue. She tested me for coeliac. My coeliac test came back negative. I have had blood tests for ovarian cancer and they came back negative. In addition, my vitamin and mineral levels are fine allbeit my vitamin D and iron are slightly low. My hbac1 is 55.
Over the past three years or so things have gotten so bad that my stomach can make me look six month pregnant and feels sore and heavy like I am carrying a tonne of apples in it! I can no longer inject in my stomach. At times it can get flatter but other times it is rock hard. I am vegetarian and have now given up dairy which has provided me with only a little relief.
I would like to fall pregnant soon but am at my wit's end as to what I should do about my stomach issues. The hospital offered me a gastro appointment but then rescheduled it, so I have been waiting to be seen for the last six months.
All I want is to lead a normal life, but my stomach is knocking my confidence and causing me to isolate myself from others. I have become less sociable and have to put my life on hold at tikes when the pain is so severe, it prevents me from doing anything enjoyable.
Please help as I am currently